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APRIL, 1937 L •^•••Mfc A m ?WW™ !l^piP' • s OFFICIAL STATE APRIL, 1937 PUBLICATION AN G LE R/ Vol. 6 No. 4
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PUBLISHED MONTHLY COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA by the BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS
1 * 1 CHARLES A. FRENCH Commissioner of Fisheries Five cents a copy — 50 cents a year MEMBERS OF BOARD
•fii CHARLES A. FRENCH, Chairman Ellwood City MILTON L. PEEK ALEX P. SWEIGART, Editor Devon South Office Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa. HARRY E. WEBER Philipsburg SAMUEL J. TRUSCOTT Dalton DAN R. SCHNABEL Johnstown NOTE EDGAR W. NICHOLSON Subscriptions to the PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER Philadelphia should be addressed to the Editor. Submit fee either by check or money order payable to the Common KENNETH A. REID wealth of Pennsylvania. Stamps not acceptable. Connellsville Individuals sending cash do so at their own risk. FRED McKEAN New Kensington H. R. STACKHOUSE Secretary to Board PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER welcomes contribu tions and photos of catches from its readers. Pro per credit will be given to contributors. All contributions returned if accompanied by first C. R. BULLER class postage. Chief Fish Culturist, Bellefonte
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THIS YEAR-FISH FOR SPORT
ITH thousands of other Pennsylvania fishermen, I am looking forward to the opening of the W 1937 trout season with keen anticipation at this writing. While, of the factors that will de termine the kind of sport our anglers will have, certain elements such as a mild winter which caused little ice to form on the streams, the uncertain weather of mid-April, and the comeback of natural forage in trout waters since last year's disastrous flood and drought have been definitely beyond the control of man, other phases of the trout fishing problem offer a fertile field for bet terment by the individual fisherman.
First, of course, is our present day trout limit, set at the ridiculous maximum of 15 in one day. Why any fisherman, who has the welfare of his future sport at heart, would take this number of trout over legal size from our streams in one day's fishing it is difficult to understand. That our trout fishing under modern conditions would be vastly improved if the 15 limit was set as a season kill by the individual angler, his "personal limit" let us say, there can be little doubt. We simply must face the facts in this limit problem. We have today approximately 2500 miles of trout waters in Pennsylvania. Of our 260,000 licensed anglers, a conservative figure of those who fish for trout would place the number at 150,000. There is little reason to believe that the number of boys under 16 years of age who may fish without a license for trout and who annually try our streams is under 100,000. It is readily apparent that with approximately 100 anglers to every mile of trout water in Pennsylvania, a paramount need is practice of conservation methods by the fisher men. This angle of our trout fishing problem is summed up very nicely, I believe, in the following quotation which appears in your Board's new booklet "Common Fishes of Pennsylvania":
"A full creel is like a weight on the mind of the thinking angler; for if he thinks, he will know that he is taking more than his share, and in so doing is depleting the source of future sport for himself and brother anglers. Better one or two good fish in the creel with the rest carefully put back as an investment in future sport—or better yet, leave the creel at home." One thing is certain. The "limit fisherman," that type of angler, who, day after day, week after week during a season, whips our trout streams with only one thought in mind, a creel of the 15 trout set by law, no longer fits into our modern fishing picture. That he is injurious not only to his own sport but the sport of thousands of his fellow anglers goes without saying. The human "fish hog" today, if we are to judge him, occupies that unenviable niche in the annals of sportsmanship of a predator, a destroyer of fish that the license money of our fishermen has placed in the streams. The natural predators, the mink, the watersnake and heron, kill to live; the human predator kills for the egotistical satisfaction of being termed by his friends a great fisherman. He is "great" all right— a great menace to the kind of fishing we hope to achieve here in Pennsylvania in the future. Our system of trout hatcheries has been instru mental in stocking streams throughout the state with over 800,000 legal size brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout in preparation for the 1937 trout season. If this great number of trout of catchable size released from the hatcheries could alone solve the problem of better trout fishing, there would exist little if any reason for further comment. Unfortunately, heavy stocking of hatchery fish is only the first step in improving our trout angling. If these fine well-knit and heavy girthed fish are taken with consideration by our anglers on opening day and throughout the season, they should provide sport that will carry through to the season close. In other words, the fishermen whose fund made possible their release will determine in large part, through their attitude while astream, the success of the 1937 trout season. May I appeal to our fishermen in closing that this year they "Fish for the Sport of Fishing."
C. A. FRENCH,
Commissioner of Fisheries. •Z PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MARABOU STREAMERS FOR TROUT By R. W. McCAFFERTY
HE skill attained by some fishermen of connect I set about to remedy it, but to no T imitating the actions of a minnow when avail. My tactics had to be changed en using a Bucktail is solely responsible for tirely. Making my casts up or up and those anglers' success. I hesitate before across stream, retrieving WITH the current, making the statement that a Bucktail fly is I began immediately to hook a larger per taken by a trout as a minnow representa centage of the fish I raised. Upon question tion only, however I really believe that to ing my friends I found that they, too, had be the case. But just about the time you similar experiences. They had to fish UP make a positive remark of this nature, some STREAM to raise and HOOK fish. thing happens which explodes the entire setup. Nevertheless, my theory is borne out On another northern Pennsylvania stream further by the fact that the more minnow one day I was watching a school of minnows like action imparted to the Bucktail, the feeding in the pockets of an apparently shal' more effective it becomes. Unfortunately, low riffle. I had often passed up riffle fish not all of us can become sufficiently profi ing due to the prevalence of small fish in cient in handling these flies, we do not seem them, but, as I sat there watching the min to have been endowed with that necessary nows working back and forth from one knack, that special gift with which some pocket to another, a nice trout, of a size I anglers have been bestowed. You will find had not expected to see in this small water, though, upon looking over the different flies appeared and took a minnow right before and lures, that some at least, are tied in a my eyes. A quick change was noted in my manner that will give them the proper ac ideas about riffle fishing. I was taught by tion. These imitations will help offset the this incident to thoroughly investigate ever)' short-comings of your ability. The above- riffle for the possibility of finding pockets mentioned action is exactly what is respon which would hold some good fish. Make a sible for the fast-growing popularity of the careful cast into pockets of this kind and Marabou Streamer. This comparatively new slowly manipulate the Marabou from one fly will eventually, I believe, supplant the pocket to another; the natural action of this Bucktail, at least to a certain extent. fly will do the rest. you will quickly realize their place in the The feathers used in making this fly are well balanced fly box. Cross current fishing enables you to get imported. The flies themselves are named the best action out of the Marabou. There So much for the fly, let us talk about fish for the bird from which the feathers are in lies the "fly in the ointment" for many ing with it. procured, the Marabou, a stork of the Old anglers. Every new fly that is tried by World. Naturally, the feathers are difficult Choose your pet stream. It contains some some men is fished in the same manner that to obtain, more so than the tails of our they fish all others. If it does not produce, large trout, that is, fish over 15 inches in f White Tailed buck deer from which we length, or you probably wouldn't fish it. it is worthless in their opinion. There i make Bucktails, consequently the Marabou Nearly all fishermen are alike in that re something the beginner should guard is the more expensive of the two flies in spect. If they can be fully convinced that against He should be more than certain question. The small price differential is eas a particular stream contains no trout over to give each fly a fair and thorough tryou' ily forgotten when you consider the superior 10 inches long, they will turn to some other, before attempting to form an opinion of effectiveness of the Marabou over that of the more promising water. That is the growing discarding them. Those who are averse to Bucktail. The structure of the feather of spirit of sportsmanship, to leave the smaller doing this are surely going to miss some the Marabou causes it to collect minute air fish alone when possible, and the more wide thing. Most of the failures of a fly, ne^ bubbles and these tend to impart a glisten spread this viewpoint becomes, the sooner to an angler, are attributable to the inabil ing effect, a very natural appearance, to the we will all profit by it. However, don't be ity of that angler to use it correctly. imitation. This, in addition to the long, too sure a stream is holding only small streaming tail which has a very life-like ac trout; it has been truthfully remarked, "large Another point which I believe wise to pass tion when pulled through the various cur trout are caught by those who fish for on to the newcomer in the sport is to try rents, make this a most irresistible fly to all them." In most instances it requires added to refrain from becoming a "purist." There minnow eating fish, especially large trout, effort and concentration to lure a big fish are, no doubt, many expert fishermen who bass, and pickerel. into striking, but is it not worth it? swear by one fly, stating that if they can not catch a mess of fish any time with theft The most common of the Marabou A few examples in the use of the Marabou pet fly, they will do without, and they often Streamers are those tied with all white feath are in order. A special effort was made by do—without. In my viewpoint, a lot more 5 ers, four or five strands of Peacock herl tied a few friends and myself to learn as much as pleasure may be had by using different flie in on top of the feathers, a silver tinsel body, possible about them last season. My first and lures as the occasion demands. To fi' s and Jungle Cock shoulders. Like any type attempt was a success after a small amount nally catch a nice trout by changing flie of fly, it is a good plan to have others of of experimentation. I was using a pattern and tactics, after your initial efforts have different colors or color combinations. This developed by my friend, Charlie Fox, and been piscatorially scorned, brings about one is made essential by the fact that, in mak named by him The Yellow Breeches Stream of the finest thrills in angling. The tyr" ing a study of the forage fish in several er. This pattern is tied with brown top and will do well, regardless of the preaching of streams or in one stream only, you will find yellow under-feathers, silver body and the the "old timers" to the contrary, to learn minnows of many hues, depending on what usual trimmings of Jungle Cock shoulders from the start to try to catch fish on what part of the stream you find them. But that and red hackle point at the throat. The the fish want, be it wet flies, dry flies. fs anothe? subject, and I think it was quite stream was Cedar Run in Tioga and Lycom nymphs, or what have you. Beware of the thoroughly covered by Fred Everett in ing counties. I first tried fishing down or "purist"; he thinks his type of fishing is f3r "What Color Fish," published in the AN down and across stream, retrieving against superior to any other method and will &4 GLER in the September issue. These Mara the current, either in long or short jerks or everything within his power to convince yo*1 bous may not be very attractive to the fish in a steady pull. Although I immediately of that. To master the proper fishing meth ermen when first examined because of the raised some fair fish, nearly all of them were ods of every "artificial" made is an art »" extreme fluffiness of this fly. They must be clean misses. The trout I did hook were itself, and eventually will bring you that thoroughly wet and fished a time or two small ones. Thinking perhaps that my trou for which you have been striving, success in before being fully appreciated. Once tried ble lay in retrieving too fast for the fish to angling. PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 3 PURE STREAMS OR PURE RESEARCH By KENNETH A. REID, Member, Board of Fish Commissioners
OLLUTION of streams has constituted ble of the closing days, but neither was tray public confidence. The committee was P a vexing problem these many years, passed. in the mood to bet on an unknown horse sportsmen and conservationists have de The Lonergan Bill received the solid sup that looked good, but it refused to bet on plored and condemned it; state and Feder- port of conservation agencies, and as might the same old plug that had never yet won *' bureaus have spent millions in investiga- be expected, the solid opposition of polluting a race with the polluters. It was forced to lc,n and research; but streams remain poi industry. Health agencies remained aloof. conclude that the Public Health viewpoint nted and are steadily becoming worse. Like Later, during hearings on the Barkley Bill, placed bureau welfare ahead of public wel M-ark Twain's remark about the weather, the Public Health Service and many state fare and considered pure research more im •"ere has been a lot of talk about pollution, health bureaus gave supporting testimony. portant than pure streams. There was no but practically nothing done about it. Un- (Why wouldn't they with a million dollar course left but to reintroduce the Lonergan **e the weather, however, pollution is man- bait held out to them for use in their favor Bill intact—which has been done, and its made, and man can correct it. ite pastime of investigation and research?) new number is S-13—support it vigorously, Even more significant, however, was the and inform the Public who is opposing it! Existing control authority is vested large- The issue is clear: it is pure streams y in state health departments, but only a support of the same industrial groups that ew bitterly opposed the Lonergan Bill! against pure research; action against in have anything approaching adequate terminable delay; physical control against P°Wers and there is a woeful lack of uni- Legislative history discloses that organ academic investigation of a subject that has ormity. Attempts to strengthen the laws ized industry can invariably be counted an been investigated to death. Let's make 55 y indivkhial state invariably eneoun- upon to oppose any anti-pollution legisla THIRTEEN a lucky number by dealing pol „ r the eminently successful argument of tion worthy of the name. When industry m lution a knockout and sending intrenched w°° Petitive disadvantage to industry" that supports a bill bearing such a title, there bureaucracy reeling to its corner with the °uM supposedly result from their passage is bound to be a sinister reason. The reason same punch, S-13! n°ut like legislation in other states. is that industry knows the Barkley Bill is These are the cold physical facts. Now entirely innocuous and will in no way inter b !i-^e theory of pollution control as em- fere with present waste disposal via the odied in the voluminous, but unused, of- streams. It also knows that the Public is *al reports of governmental bureaus. If not generally aware of this fact and that DID SOMEONE e the passage of such a bill would act as gt were to write to each of the forty-eight SAY "TALL STORY"? ate agencies for a report on the status soothing syrup to the rising tide of public 7- Pollution, he would likely receive about indignation against stream pollution, and that several years would elapse before the Writes Harold M. Browning, Special y~five glowing reports of the "splendid Warden, of Scranton: °gress" being made and conclude, in the Public would awaken from its dream of 61106 of otJi false security to the realization that it had "You know, men, I've been sorta lut' er information, that the pol- again been duped by soft words of bureau afraid to tell this story account of ion problem in the United States was maybe you wouldn't believe it, but tically solved If cratic health officials. Hence, industry rea at tK - > however, he looked sons, such a bill is not merely the lesser just the same, it's true. t the streams, he would find little evidence of two evils, but is actually desirable-—and "I do most of my fishing at night support these rosy reports, in any event, its support will make the pas as then you can't see how I work my •f realization of the utter breakdown and magic. Well, one night last season me Ure sage of the Lonergan Bill that much more ai of existing agencies prompted Sen- difficult. and another tall story teller, I mean ^.? Augustine Lonergan in cooperation fisherman, went out. Now get this, it Realizing the possibility of a stalemate, a " the Izaak Walton League, to arrange was as clear as a crystal when we ij{ C01?ference with the late Secretary of Senator Lonergan arranged early in Janu started, but hardly had we gotten our C aij The report of this "Dern-Lonergan ary for a committee to confer with Sur outfits together when a fog came up. spe*^erence" asserted that water was no re- geon General Parran and other public Honest, we had to take the paddles health officials in an effort to reach a com Co ?ter of man-made political boundaries, and cut holes in it before we could thp * not ^e confined within them, and mon ground in support of a single bill in the move. We couldn't fish much account present Congress. The Committee made it erefore couid not be dealt with effectively of cutting our way through, but every rec S*a*e or local agencies alone. While clear that it cared not a whoop what name once in a while we'd make a cast and 1In or number the bill bore as long as it was ex-°5I ending the fullest cooperation with finally I connected and when I say he lati agencies, it proposed federal legis- an effective control measure. It agreed to hit, I mean he hit. He thrashed the°n *°r conti"olling on a watershed basis accept most of the provisions of the Bark around, pulled the canoe like it was a ley Bill, including designation of the U. S. stat Pollution of navigable rivers where match stick and all the time we no or e 0r l°cal agencies were either unable Public Health Service as directing agency, ticed the fog was rising. Finally it nwi provided a section conferring enforcement Sjt^ Hing to do so. It stressed the neces- was gone. That fish in its wild jump and «?" nati°nwide uniformity and fairness authority on this agency were included. ing around had created wind likened n t0 ,, . at mandatory powers were essential The Public Health refused these pro unto a mild hurricane and lo! there posals. It expressed the belief that the "loan we weve five miles inland. The fish ase( and grant" provisions of the Barkley Bill had mistaken the fog for water the t0:t. l on these recommendations, Sena- last p erSan introduced bill S-3958 in the (the same provisions are also in the Loner same as we. and ?ress- As the hearings progressed gan Bill), would be sufficient "bait" to in "Well, to make a long story longer, duce polluters to construct treatment plants, 0j Publicized pollution, a veritable spawn I mean short, there we were with a ,p so-called anti-pollution bills appeared, and that if it did not prove so by the end five mile portage back to the lake and gjjjSe. finally narrowed down to the Barkley of ten years, it would then be time enough was it dark—as black as a black cat lntr he .' oduced at the request of public to ask for mandatory powers! As a mem in a nigger's pocket. But, to return to the agencies, which contained essentially ber of this conference, we mentioned that the fish, while I held the line taut, my °mi Sanie Provisions, except for the total such loans and grants had been available partner started out for it and just be jjj. ssi°n of any mandatory powers. It also from the Public Works Administration for fore he got to the business end of nn ii°Sed an appropriation of $1,000,000 an- several years and we saw no advantage in the rig, out jumped a big bear, ?700 n t0 the U' S> Public HeaIth Service, substituting the Public Health Service grabbed the fish and away he went. to 2 *° De given by this directing agency merely as a financial dispenser. Please believe this on account of I Vest' te-health departments—purely for in- We feel that every reasonable effort was always tell the truth." r Ration and research. Both bills were made to reach a common basis for action Ported favorably during the hectic scram- without so emasculating the bill as to be PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER
PLAYFUL NATIVES By FRED. EVERETT
«T OOK! Look down there!" We spent the whole morning learning that tive was my first and still is my best love My two companions stopped beside fact. Last season was a funny one in many among trout. But I simply cannot deny me on the bridge and looked to where I respects. In all the times I was on the the facts as they happened to me. was excitedly pointing. streams I saw only one or two hatches of All during this morning, barren of any "Good Lord—what a mess of trout!" ex- flies. And one of those came in the evening natural flies and without sight or sign of a clajmed Herb. "There must be nearly two after I had stopped fishing on this particu brownie, my mind kept wandering back to dozen." lar day. Such a condition doesn't give a that feeder stream and the pool filled with "Natives," was Ray Bergman's laconic re fellow any starting place—he has to just natives. I wondered if they were still there- mark, "and not so very big at that, none take a plunge on any old fly unless, of If so, would they act any differently than the over a foot long. Come on, we're headed course, he has a favorite one that he loves browns? What kind of fly, if any, would for some real he-man trout." to give the first chance. interest them? And, since we wanted to Now here was a situation that needs some At this time I was enjoying the thrills of experiment, wouldn't this be an ideal time to explaining. When a fisherman can look into love for the Royal Coachman fan wing. test out these sayings about how much eas- a pool filled with trout like that, especially That's where I started. By noon I had used ier it was to catch the natives than the our beloved natives, and calmly walk by every fly in my kit, nearly every other kind browns? Well, why not? them, there must be a real, honest-to-good- that Ray and Herb had in their kits and Such questions kept going through my ness reason for it. Well, there was. hadn't interested a single big brownie. Nei mind until nearly noon. I couldn't stand j| This trip, as are most of those I take with ther had Ray nor Herb. Old man Brown any longer. I had to try out this experi Ray, was for the purpose of experimenting. simply was not in the mood and that was ment. Certainly we could do nothing in the Everything was based upon a great big that. big waters today. Ray and Herb had al "IF." There is nothing that I know of Had this been water with which we were ready reached the same conclusion and so in the fishing game that leaves a more last familiar and had there been certain pools we headed back for the car and lunch, the ing sense of pleasure than to experiment, to that we knew contained trout, the story car being parked near the bridge over the find some new kink of the game that is all might have been different. By sticking to feeder stream. your own because you, yourself, discov one pool and casting over it so many times On the way I told Ray that I wanted to ered it. that a big fellow was finally convinced that take a fling at the trout in the pool just to To stop and play with these native trout a hatch of our particular fly was really see what would happen. Also 1 couldn't would have been great sport but would have floating overhead, we might have forced a bear to go home and face my little daughtef put off our experimenting. We needed the rise. If so and so, we might! and see her expression when I showed hef whole day for that, if ! But natives—ah—that's another story. No an empty creel. She would say, "0-oh-!i> That "if" meant a lot. The bridge upon —that's this story, for were natives one-half too bad!" in such a sad way that I would which we stood crossed a small feeder so hard to catch or so moody as browns, really feel sorry for myself. And she doe? stream of the larger one we were going to this story would not exist. Much as we love love trout to eat—I simply have to have a' fish. The pool with the trout was just above our natives, we must admit that they are least one for her. the mouth of the feeder stream. The main by far the easiest to catch. I think that is Ray welcomed the proposition from an stream contained big water and big fish. the very reason we do love them so much. other standpoint; it would offer a fine chance By big fish, I mean those that weigh pounds. They are the first we can catch and there to take some pictures. And Herb was satis Most of them are browns, shy, finicky, elu fore we get our first trout thrills from them. fied because he could sit on the bank, eat sive and all the other names that mean hard Right away I find myself in hot water. lunch and watch the fun. That made a to catch that you may want to apply to One can't make such remarks about the na complete picture, didn't it? Herb idling of them. They are just that and more too. the bank with the lunch box, laughing a' tives without first preparing a strong line e That is where the "if" came in. We would of defense. I offer the events that took my attempts to interest the trout which h experiment "if" the big fellows were in the place at high noon of this day as my de knew were not biting today; Ray standing mood to let us. They were not! fense. And please remember that the na by with ready camera and readier wit, fling' PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER lng all kinds of helpful (?) suggestions at me that he and Herb, at least, enjoyed; and myself doing the work under their critical eyes. . When I called this story "Playful Na tives," I really had the trout in mind, but, come to think of it, I don't know which tried to kid me the most, the natives on the land °r the ones in the water. Be that as it may, the next hour was filled with more down- nght fun and was more instructive than any other single hour of its kind that I can re- a". It stands out to me as one of the high- 'ights of the season. H, .order to give you a general view of "e situation I have made a sketch of the Pool as it looked when I was standing in "e main stream and facing up the feeder ream. Just imagine that you are standing c-zSfc»- eside me and I'll show you the main points ot interest. W.e are standing about twenty feet out om. and to the right side of the mouth of th' e stream, in shallow water. To our left, °Pposite the center of the mouth of the eder stream, is a ridge of rocks sticking 0ut of the water. favorable than in this pool. We had only in order to test out the breeze and to see Kay js^ sitting on these rocks, waiting to this one advantage now—we knew where if I could possibly force the big fan wing ,. e Pictures and in the meantime making the fish were and could watch their every to where I wanted it I found it to be >n Very enjoyable for us with his remarks. move, at least Ray could from his position. nearly impossible and so I edged up closer ° the left of the rocks is more shallow The natives kept breaking water every to the pool. The natives didn't seem to mind ^ater. now and then, once in awhile coming straight at all. lrectly ahead we are looking into the up, clear of the surface, turning quickly and I was now ready to start active business. oi containing the trout. Ray can clearly entering the water again head first. We My first couple of casts fell short and to the Je the trout but we can't from our posi- could not, however, find any sign of food on right. The breeze was against me and from f ;• The pool is about ten feet wide and the stream to guide me in the selection of the left, making it a job to place the fly u.y feet long, extending up in under the my flies. There was no question in our near the left bank. However, that didn't age. The fish are all located this side minds but what the trout were playing and make much difference because some of the ba t bridge, from the middle of the pool not rising to feed. Under such circum trout didn't mind coming out and having t( ward us and on tne stances, would they pay any attention to sport with the fly in the more shallow water. Th' ? > left-hand side. !S S e s dee my flies? They did, much to the glee of At about my third cast, which landed near ov L '^ * P along the bank, which Ray and Herb and my own enjoyment. the middle of the pool, a native hit the fly . ernangs a little and has some roots and What happened was this, and it didn't take with a hearty splash. Instantly I came up ces 0f sunken wood in under it. The on the tip of the rod, only to have the fly ' are hugging this bank fairly closely, me long to find it out either. These na m awri e come bounding and skipping over the water sh vi '' dashing out to the right, in tives were out on a holiday. I don't know w to me. I didn't feel that trout in the slight g0. ° water, breaking the surface and then what they called it, whether it was a legal Ing back to the left-hand, deeper water one or just an impromptu one, a picnic or est and judged that he must have missed *8ain. a convention. Whatever it was, they were the fly on his rise or that I had struck too fast. I glanced at Ray and at Herb. Both Thn e weather conditions were not what out for a good time and they had it. Big- st a had suspicious grins on their faces. I knew Ve° nglers would call ideal. The day was hearted "me" played the fiddle for them. c ear w tri a that if I did that again I would be hearing st \ , ' ' brilliant sun beating There was no question about the first fly some real advice about fishing. ^^aight down out of the noonday sky. The which I was to offer them—it was the Roy in nf6 Was 'azv and uncertain. The water al Coachman fan wing, large size—I think I lamely laid the blame on myself by e muttering "Must have struck too soon" and •ln Pool was crystal clear and slow mov- it was tied on a number ten hook. Now it trn *n's made i' mighty easy for the happened that I was using a very light rod, set to work getting my line out again. Once t0 see no on ur DUt about three ounces, and a line that was more I cast to about the same spot and th' * ^y y° Ay every- splash—the trout hit again. I waited a breath v * e'se. It would be a real job to land also very light, too light, in fact, to handle j "r Ay so that the trout would be fooled, such a fly at such a distance. As you will longer, struck, and caught nothing but empty oubt if it could have been done were recall, I was standing about twenty feet air. This time I heard chuckles on both lh*y browns. from the pool and had at least another sides of me and I set myself to hear their . s we start fishing this pool, please bear twenty to thirty feet to cast in order to remarks. I got them. min send my fly above the fish. Herb's came first in a high, falsetto voice 0 d that we had spent half a day with- co A- ?Ing'e r'se from the brown trout under I experimented with a few short casts into —"Oh, I think I struck too quick!" "Qitions which we felt were much more the shallow water on the right of the pool (Continued on page 15) PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER
A Typical Cannibal Brown
BIG BROWNS A Few Observations, For What They Are Worth, On SALMO FARIO
By ALEX. P. SWEIGART
S a game fish par excellence, hardy and others. We believe the reverse to be true, cannibal tendency in trout while at th' A suitable for stocking in many streams for on more than one occasion while astream Pleasant Mount hatchery in Wayne County in which present day conditions do not we have had feeding brown trout come to several years ago. In one of the pools ifl strongly favor the trout population, the the surface virtually at our boot tops. Per the Lackawaxen Creek, which flows through brown trout, Salmo Fario, today holds high haps we should term the brownie "tempera the hatchery property, were a number at ranking. A splendid fighter, rising readily mental." The fact remains that in its moody brook trout, ranging in length from 10 to to the artificial fly, it has won popularity rises, frequently only lasting 10 or IS min 15 inches. Apparently paying no attention with thousands of our trout fishermen. There utes, and nocturnal feeding, particularly in to the smaller fish, two brown trout, each is little reason to doubt that, of our three the instance of big browns, rest at least well over 22 inches in length, were cruising plausible reasons why this game fish holds about. In the still water above the dart1' species of cold water fighters—the charr or its own in some of the hardest fished streams the impression was given that brook trod* brook trout, the rainbow trout and the of the the east. It is definitely a fish for the and brown were on most amiable terms. brownie—the last named has forged to the angler-opportunist front during the past half century in many Abruptly, a brookie rose to the surface o' streams. Problems frequently crop up with the in the pool. On the instant, losing its lethargy troduction of any species of fish foreign to like magic, one of the big browns rushed t» The very conditions which serve to de the kill. The arched form of the brook our waters. In the instance of the brown 6 plete suitable waters of their brook trout or trout, the infrequency with which it indulges trout had barely started its downward cours rainbow populations seem to militate to in surface feeding after attaining a length from the rise before the elongated jaws o> slight extent, if any, against the aggressive of 20 inches may be considered its major the brown had clamped upon it. Then, its brown. Not that he is more shy than the drawback from the angle of the fly fisher man. Despite the fact that it grows to a greater size than does our native brook trout, under the same environmental conditions, there is little reason, we believe, to attribute to it stronger cannibalistic tendencies than those present in the native charr. Cannibal ism is characteristic with all of our popular game fishes—the small-mouthed bass, large- mouthed bass, pickerel, muskellunge, wall eyed pike, brook trout, and rainbow trout. All adults feed at times upon living fishes present in the same water, and when prompt ed by hunger draw no line of preference.
It is not unusual for brown trout, when introduced to waters in which brook trout are found, to achieve a length of 22, 24 or even 26 inches, whereas the brook rarely, if ever, exceeds 16 inches. It is only rea sonable to say that the larger the fish, the more food required for its existence. Where water area is limited, and where trout of various sizes are of necessity crowded to gether, old individuals very often become confirmed cannibals. Smaller trout, swifter and more active, take heavy toll from the available supply of natural food in such waters; to the more ponderous, bulky fish, minnows, suckers and larger types of for age are essential. Failing to find suffi cient food of this type, big browns turn into cunning predators in a short time. Warden George James, Carlisle, with 8-poun" Ed Bosler of Milford, Pike County, with 22-inch brown trout caught by Harry Squibbs in Yell""' brown trout talon on worm. It was our good fortune to observe the Breeches Creek. PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER
J'ictim held crosswise between its jaws, the brown and finally succeeded in landing it but our records would indicate that in this brownie started to swim slowly back and His catch measured 30 inches in length, type of fishing, the man who uses minnows f orth. Two times it settled to the bottom had a girth of 15% inches and weighed 9 is well in front. **"» its prey. Gradually the struggles of pounds, 7 ounces (not dressed). The two Here in Pennsylvania our trout fishermen 'he brookie weakened, and, after possibly constitute a well balanced array—dry fly ve other giant brownies caught that year suc ^ minutes of the grim spectacle, the brown cumbed to the lure of a nightcrawler and men, wet fly men, those who like nymph seemed to toss it forward in the water, an minnow, respectively. William Zucuskie of fishing, anglers expert with the bucktail and 'nstant later taking it head first. Only a Tamaqua caught a brown weighing 8 pounds streamer fly, worm fishermen and minnow ew minutes later and the brook trout had IS ounces on a nightcrawler while fishing in fishermen. And because many of our best isappeared from sight between the formid- minnow fishermen concentrate on giant ab'e mandibles of the brown. Still Creek Dam on Pohopoco Creek, and browns, their role must be considered of real John Hobba landed a 7 pounds IS ounces benefit to the welfare of our trout waters. "hat brown trout, after passing the so brownie in Spring Creek, Centre County, iled "free rising stage," present a definite while using a live minnow. Problem, has long been recognized in Great ntain where most intensive study of trout A minnow fisherman, Wayne Long of BOARD MEMBER n(i trout environment has been made. Wil- New Cumberland, caught one of the biggest APPOINTED °n H. Armistead, eminent British trout au- brown trout reported in 1935, while fishing °nty, had this to say in his admirably prac in the lower Yellow Breeches, Cumberland Fred McKean, veteran Westmore tical treatise, "Trout Waters": land county sportsman, was appointed recently to the Board of Fish Com A male trout is at its best for breeding missioners by Governor George H. purposes from four to seven years of age, n Earle. Q during that time he is a fine, vigorous, President of the Wild Life League ^Porting fish, rising freely to the fly. After for years and prominently identified ven years he begins to fall off in condition, in conservation activities in Pennsyl to b ecome a bottom feeder and a cannibal, vania, Mr. McKean was a pioneer in and 's altogether useless and harmful to development of the modern Pennsyl :he th ' river. Such fish should be destroyed, vania conservation system. ity the best way to do this is to allow a When the Wild Life League was the in -Lrtam amount of worm-fishing. Restrict major sportsmen's organization of the USe worms state, Fred McKean, John M. Phillips goft all °^ to competent hands, by and John Nicholson of Pittsburgh and to means- but occasional bait-fishing is nec- the late Richard Brown of Ellwood .sary, and anyone who has studied any City were prominently identified with on Ve cb n piece of water will know the places to it. It was this group who were in sle for the undesirable cannibal." large part responsible for the writing ng Th of the resident Hunters' License Act tn> and its enactment into law, the devis ut *"e tendency of big brown trout to lurk i fler shelving banks, beneath old stumps, ing of the system of game refuges . gs and other cover during the day and to and game farms. Mr. McKean was of also active in promotion of field trials . much of their feeding at night is well at Conneaut Lake. ?y ti . *"• Of course, there are exceptions to ls His home is at New Kensington, to - When the green drake, or shad fly, Westmoreland County, where he is en »k Pears in immense swarms over some of gaged in the hardware business. se greatest central Pennsylvania trout of r ams ns ^ in late May, not only the smaller ts , Put old timers that apparently at few SALVAGE FISH th Cr t'rnes resort to surface feeding, gorge m . selves on these insects. Frequently Harry McClintic is all smiles as he displays his ln Severe drought, starting in June, severe la S this period of about ten days, very record-breaking brown trout. g< rown ly affected streams in Erie County dur sp l- ^ trout are taken. Generally ing the past summer and made necessary sea3 however, and covering the entire s°n, the clever bait fisherman, whether he County. His catch was 26 inches in length extensive salvaging of fish, according to ses tii . , • 1 and weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces. The record Warden W. E. Briggs of Erie. Briggs re tne ports that aided by Warden Hahn and em Cr minnow ng or can play a mght- brown for 1936 was another Lackawaxen er agenbj„ t, beneath shelving banks where the fish, 29 inches in length and weighing 7 ployes of the Erie hatchery important sal 8 iellowm removas lie,l oseemf cannibas thel brownsmost .effectiv e pounds 4 ounces. A live minnow was used vaging of stranded fish in drought stricken Us tr 7* check on record catches of brown for its capture by Bill Vandermark of Mil- streams was carried on. In addition to over f0 taken in Pennsylvania during the past ford, Pike County, who on the day he made 3000 suckers and sunfish, 3000 bullhead cat thi years Ior at least partial verification of his record catch landed two other brownies, fish and 1183 muskellunge ranging in nov !taterr>ent. In 1933, while fishing min- 22 and 23 inches, respectively, in length, on length from 6 to 14 inches were transferred tonAn Fishing Creek near Mill Hall, Clin- minnows. to waters holding up under drought con h",c°utity, Harry McClintic of Mill Hall ditions. The fish were released in Conneaut and Ianded a In glancing over these catches of big- ^ei h brown trout that brown trout which, in at least one instance, Creek, Conneaut Lake, Edinboro Lake, Th •' Pressed, 9 pounds and one ounce. had known cannibalistic tendencies, a dis Drake's Mill Pond, Lake LeBoeuf and in l glant brownie, measuring 27% inches Presque Isle Bay. n tinct service was rendered waters in which stot^ £th, tops the list. Examination of its acn they lived by minnow fishermen and worm "Since my connection with the Board," tr _ contents revealed a fine brook fishermen. Make no mistake about it, a writes Briggs, "the salvaging of fish ap onlv w cn bad apparently been devoured a Slvort time clever angler with .minnow on double hook pears to be an annual occurrence; never br0 before. A Yellow Breeches W n trout behind a swivel or effectively played and ac theless it may prove an advantage insofar Wej , . > 27 M inches in length and tive nightcrawler is as expert in his line as as the muskellunge are concerned. My ob Sam ^ Pounds, was caught during the some of our best fly fishermen. To under servations have convinced me that the very Star Season by Harry Squibbs of Leidigh's stand the feeding habits and weaknesses of young muskellunge are extremely delicate n Cum tak >?*ifc,.. 1 %>••'" V%tir.'!&Jt8 MStm&- JIBBR"^ ,* Stone Deflector with Anchored Brush, providing shelter and a Breeding Ground for Fish Food in French Creek, Chester County. WPA AND FISHING By C. JOEL YOUNG UT»ETTER Fishing," the slogan of the project, similar strides were made with the pleted in the interest of the angler who efl' •*•* Pennsylvania Board of Fish Commis assistance of the Monroe-Pike Sportsmen's joys fishing for bass, catfish, perch, and suf sioners, is one step closer to realization as Association in the seven miles of the Cherry fish. Embracing a total acreage of 23.8 the result of the highly beneficial work Valamont Creek, Monroe County; the City units the projects undertaken cover the fore' which the WPA made possible to the sport Fathers of Bethlehem sponsored the stream seeing vision of three active organization5 fishermen of the Commonwealth. Along improvement throughout a five-mile course in the district. with the erection of stream improvement of the lower Saucon Creek, Northampton Stahl's Dam of 3.7 acres, located in the devices, building of dams impounding acres County; the Bushkill Creek of Northamp southwestern section of Lehigh County o" of water for the enjoyment of the warm wa ton County in 31k miles of its lower course the Indian Creek, a tributary to the HoseO' ter fishermen, the construction of gully was advanced by the Easton Fish and Game sock, is being reconstructed through the erosion dams, and bank erosion walls, the Protective Association; three miles of the cooperative efforts of the WPA and the members of the State's Izaak Walton frater Little Lehigh, Lehigh County, were com Unami Fish and Game Protective Associa' nity will automatically reap countless ad pleted from Rathburn's Bridge to the city tion, Emaus. Formerly enjoying the wide vantages to the interest of their sport line by the City Council of Allentown; work reputation of being an excellent fishing place through the fine support which the Works ing hand in hand, the Summit Hill Rod and for "catties" and "sunnies" along with carf Progress Administration in Pennsylvania, Gun Club and the Panther Valley Forest. and frogs, Stahl's Dam, like so many of i's under Edward N. Jones, has made possible. Fish and Game Protective Association of kind along the Perkiornen was utterly Lansford were instrumental in forwarding ruined in the flood of July, 1935. The proP' In district No. 3, comprising the counties s of Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon and Mon the improvement of three miles in the erty itself, comprising about seven acres, > Strauss Valley Creek, Carbon County, and now under lease by the Pennsylvania Board roe, some 30% miles of trout streams have the progressive Palmerton Rod and Gun been improved and three large dams are in of Fish Commissioners for a 99-year period' Club has undertaken another project which Its sponsoring sportsmen's association >5 the process of construction which, when includes three miles of the Buckwa Creek, a completed, will provide about 23.8 acres of planning to utilize the remaining space, after tributary of the Aquashicola Creek, Carbon parking accommodations have been pi-0' additional water for public fishing. This, County. in the aggregate, furnishes employment for vided, for the planting of seedling conifer' 222 men, averaging 6 months work for each. While only pending, the Kresgeville ous trees as ordered with the Pennsylvania Initial work in this field was begun on Sportsmen are aiming at improving some Department of Forests and Waters for 193? April 1, 193S, when, after a period of instruc five miles of Dotters Creek in Monroe Coun spring delivery. tion under Thomas O'Hara, the Fish Com ty. At present figures, the work is to en Lappawinzo Dam, to cover 2.1 acres o' mission's Chief Engineer, the Aquashicola tail the expenditure of approximately $10,000. water when completed, is located on the Creek, Carbon County, was improved The same district No. 3 has in no manner club grounds of the Lappawinzo Fish and through six miles of its course with the been overlooked from the standpoint of the Game Protective Association, north of the whole-hearted cooperation of the Palmerton warm water fishermen. Here three individ borough of Northampton, in the county o' Rod and Gun Club. Following the first ual projects, costing $68,000, are being com the same name. Along with beautifying the PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER S tion. Summarizing the four completed projects called for the outlaying of $34,000 in the section where much credit is due to John H. Rankin and William Wilhelm, di rector and assistant of the district, and the interested sportsmen of the respective coun ties. The greatest undertaking, as well as being a model example of fine sportsmanship, is the construction of Silver Lake on Otters Creek in Bucks County where three agen cies: the County Commissioners, WPA of ficials, and the Pennsylvania Board of Fish Commissioners, have assumed participating responsibilities in the creation of an artifi- cal lake to the extent of 66 acres. Upon its completion the entire property is to be vested in the Board of Fish Commissioners as a permanent possession and an assurance of more open fishing waters. This alone is estimated to cost $262,000 and as such will serve as a great recreational benefit not only to the people of Bristol, which it borders, but also the sportsmen in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth. The property to be utilized in the construction of the lake was formerly a land possession of the Pennsylvania Railroad and at one time served as water reservoir, centered in a Initial worl< 0n sixty-six acres of bass and warm water fishing on Silver Lake, Bristol, Bucks County, on the property of the Pennsylvania Board of Fish Commissioners. tract of ground to the extent of 88 acres. Additional water, to the benefit of the ?r°unds, a new and more substantial back- A dual undertaking was advanced by the warm water fishermen, in Bucks County, is "g of water along the Hokendauqua Creek, Springtown Fish and Game Protective As augmented by the development of two parks Wbutary to the Lehigh River, will be sociation and the Great Swamp Fish and and one artificial lake. These measures ornPleted during the coming year. Game Protective Association of Quakertown alone represent angling prospects to the ag when they, together with the district WPA gregate size of 110 acres as well as devel _. .' Monroe-Pike Sportsmen's Asso- officials, bettered six miles of the brown oping scenic and recreational facilities for 'atiori, with their progressive conservation trout water in Cook's Creek. Of all the thousands of people not even interested in s j gram, ^ sponsoring the construction of many miles of stream improvement work angling. ~j*af Green Lake, on the lower waters of most attention was placed on increasing the The Borough of Sellersville, in a park ex .^.Cherry Creek in Monroe County. En- carrying capacity, food incubation, bank ero tension between Perkasie and its own lim sion, and protective shelter for the mem «»lingnSme thne expend tlie jstatturee wil0f 1som have e $30,000adde(1 , anthe its, has created through a WPA grant of otV?ner °* ~ bers of the trout family. But to the Schuyl fishing prospect of approximately 18 some $50,000 and a ten per cent cost ar tr kill Valley Fish and Game Protective As es to their roster of more fishing grounds. rangement provided by their governing offi sociation of Phoenixville honors are accord cials, a project which is indeed worthy of , All in all, the WPA work in district No. ed for their consideration of the small-mouth honorable mention. In fulfilling previous °. tthrougf h the lending aid of C H. Folken- black bass and other warm water fish in the n plans, the Northeast Branch of the Perkio- son> its assistant director and chief engineer, approved ten-mile course of the well-famed men is now forming a miniature lake of ap at will eventually benefit the fishermen French Creek in Chester County. proximately 50 acres stretching through the ooots t0 the total outlay of about $105'" course of the stream between Sellersville Of the two counties in district No. 4, there and Perkasie and at the same time present e This only represents the work com- . ted or at present approved for comple- is at present one project pending which, ing a more enhancing landscape than be tion. There are great possibilities in such a when approved, is specified as a flood con fore. Pub]; ! trol, bank erosion, and stream improvement 'c improvement and as the time is ex- Public game lands in Bucks County have nded more and greater steps in such types measure to Haycock Creek in Bucks, as sug conservation work may be added. gested by the Haycock Developing Associa (Continued on page 13) n district No. 4, though it comprises sev- al counties, work under my commission j^as confined to that of Chester and Bucks. ba'lf *^e construction of four large dams up water covering a total area of 176 c !"es to the advantage of the warm water nerrnen in their immediate vicinity. At the nie w time approximately 27 miles of streams ere improved, 17 of which were for the bet- ^"nent of trout fishing and 10 for warm ater. Particularly small-mouth black bass. etailing the progress of stream improve ment work in Chester and Bucks Counties. ere c . the brown and brook trout waters re- t 'Vec? the greatest amount of attention, cen- rs itself on the reclaiming of the only Pproved waters listed by the Board for the gOcking of trout in their territory. The icks County Fish and Game Protective ssociation, by means of their relentless ef- , rts, sponsored two projects, one of which rv![a.r PORTSMEN from all sections in north Wardens Russell Womelsdorf, Kingston, S eastern Pennsylvania attended the Sports Keith Harter, Dalton, Frank Brink, Mil- men's Show held in Scranton under the ford, Myron Shoemaker, Laceyville, LeRoy auspices of the Lackawanna County Fed Noll, Pleasant Mount, Arthur Snyder, Mif- eration of Sportsmen's Clubs, March 8-14, flinburg, Carl Bidelspacher, Williamsport, in large numbers and pronounced it one of Leland Cloos, Middlebury Center, and Har the best ever to be held. Plans are now ry Custard, Stroudsburg. under way, under leadership of J. L. Nei- Plans were discussed at the wardens' ger, president of the Federation, and Floyd meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce Baker, president of Camp 63, United Building, whereby the wardens in the vari Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, for the stag ous counties will cooperate in fish law en ing of an even larger show next year. forcement work, not only with each other Splendid exhibits of live birds, chukar but with sportsmen's groups in the district. partridges, bob-white quail and ringneck Frank Brink, veteran Pike County warden, pheasants by the Game Commission, and gave a fine talk stressing the need for a miniature stream improvement model courtesy toward fishermen whom they may I ain't aimin' ter make no digs at the fel' with running water, mounted fish and an meet on stream or lake. Plans were also ler who kin only fish mebbe one er two time5 ANGLER display by the Fish Commission stressed by which the habitual violator fer trout a season an' takes a ketch o' hi* were features at the show which attracted may be given just punishment, and the limit on one o' them days, but I shore gi' a great deal of attention. Fishing equip handling of technical violations was also hot under the collar at some o' these fellers ment and boats were also attractively dis discussed. thet fishes day in an' day out an' goes fer played. Also attending the wardens' meeting were the limit every time. It's these here fellers, Hon. Samuel J. Truscott, Fish Commis J.L. Neiger, Federation president, and Floyd fish hogs is the word fer 'em, thet's hurtin' our trout fishin' more'n enything else. sion member, presided on Thursday night, Baker, president of Camp 63, U. S. of Pa. 1 March 11, when a program was presented Jest t'other day, I was talkin' with of Jiff by the Fish Commission. In addressing the Tolley. Jim, he's a worm fisher thet's jest sportsmen, Commissioner Truscott stressed BUCKS SPORTSMEN about as slick as they come. Jerry, sez he> I shore aim ter ketch the trout this year- the need of cooperation between fishermen HOLD BIG RALLY 1 and the Board in bettering fishing condi Mebbe, I'll beat my last year's ketch whid was 302. All o' them nice fish, too. tions in northeastern counties. He intro Featuring the first annual sportsmen's ban- duced wardens attending the show and said Now then, mebbe I didn't light inter the' ouet of the Bucks County Federation of dratted fish hog. An' the boys at the store; that the duty of enforcement officers was Sportsmen's Clubs at the Doylestown Ar first, last and always to serve the fisher they shore backed me up great. I tole OS mory, on the evening of March 5, were Jim thet ef he did ketch thet many fish, he' Quakertown Sportsmen taking fish from pond they sponsored last summer. Below, some of the cat fish stocked in nearby streams. At right, H. H. Reinhart with a 15-inch Bullhead Catfish. Mr. Nelk of Ella Hollow spoke on the their own locality to act as deputy game to such use of the streams which transcend season of Bear and Deer coming in at the protector and dog catcher or officer and any other interest. same time, stating that the cost of each increase the fee from $1.00 to $2.00 for What it means when coal mine operate^ bear on foot was $14.75. Discussion—and unlicensed dogs. Motion carried. Secretary take such an attitude toward stream pam motion withdrawn. instructed to contact Representatives. tion is brought home to this community | Moved by Mr. Predebon and seconded by Mr. Ford moved and was seconded by Mr. the startling news that coal "stripping" of Mr. Pepper that the secretary send the Hanley to table above motion. Motion to erations near Ralston have released mart 1 names of the affiliated club secretaries to table was lost. thousands of gallons of acid mine water in ' Fish and Game Commission. Motion carried. Next meeting night, Friday, April 2, Lycoming Creek, with an effect believed § 0 Club meeting announced: 1937, 8 P.M., Greensburg Y.M.C.A. Build have been serious. If loss of fish life has n ' ing. been as great as was at first feared, it is d| Murrysville, March 8, in Firehouse. Mo Motion to adjourn was entertained and to the fact that the stream is quite full § tion pictures. carried. water, and not to any foresight or concef' Avonmore, March 10. Speaker, Clyde The different committees met at this time. on the part of those responsible for the s'' King. uation. Latrobe, March 11. City Hall. UNITY—What a wonderful word, LET US FOLLOW THROUGH THIS YEAR. Lycoming Creek is one of the state's m Trafford, March 12. Motion pictures, el speakers, lunch. Irvin Guy Moyer, Sec'y-Treas. streams. It is popular with the trout fish " Jeannette, March 16. Boy Scout Band. 957 Orchard Ave., men and in recent years has been yields- Speaker, Ken Reid. Greensburg, Pa. increasing numbers of bass. Last suffli"' it was full of young bass. Since the ^\ Connellsville, Izaak Walton Dinner, Tues v day, March 9, 6 P.M. Sam Henderson has trout season some thousands of fish ha tickets at $1.00 each. MINES AND STREAMS been placed in its waters. Sportsmen ha* Good of the association: looked forward with keen anticipation to Remarks by Mr. Hauser, Penn Club, as Consideration of new legislation to strength try ing their luck on the stream when the s^' to activities in their club in regards to en Pennsylvania's defense against pollution e game arid fish in Westmoreland County. of its streams has found the mining interests son opens. Is Lycoming Creek to be ruif , John Keyock, President of Ella Hollow of the state on the job, entering vigorous by mine operations? The Consolidate Club, was introduced. protests. The familiar cry that enforcement Sportsmen of Lycoming County hope th*l Mr. Hansen, of Latrobe, reported that of stream protection would work an insur with the help of the commonwealth, $>• Ray McKissick would liberate 1,000 ring- mountable handicap to the mining industry is may be prevented. Public opinion will pr°*, necks and 400 quail in the near future. raised. Mining interests cling to the belief a strong ally in the fight to "save the W Mr. Hauser made a motion, seconded by that streams were created by nature as con coming."—Williamsport Sun. Mr. Ungerman that a law be passed to have venient, cheap sewers to carry off their Bamboo for fly rods is cured in racks *° local sportsmen clubs approve a man in drainage and that they have a primary right two years before it is seasoned fit for PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER IS WPA AND FISHING silence. And more -— now is the time the SHENANDOAH SPORTSMEN early angler should be looking to his tackle. (Continued from page 9) When the blue haze of spring hangs over TO RAISE FISH, GAME b een enriched by the construction of War- the hills, softening and mellowing the gray- ^•° Lake, enclosing a water area of 40 acres. ness of the winter foliage, then comes the Establishment of rearing pools for trout Materials to the cost of one-tenth of the to- season of the year that is dearest to the and game raising areas during the present j*5 $50,000 grant were furnished by the man with rod and reel, writes Clarence Wal year are objectives of the Shenandoah Fish ennsylvania Board of Game Commission- ters, Milroy. and Game Protective Association, Anthony s 35 - In a similar manner, the Pennsylvania It is then his mind is taken up with fish Boxer, president, said recently. Keen inter •^epartment of Forests and Waters shared ing, and for a time, he forgets the problems est is being shown by sportsmen members "eir responsibility in the erection of a dam of his complex life—that inborn love for of the Association in the drive to better *' Stovers Park on the Tohickon Creek, the things and places where the works of fishing conditions for brown trout on the a cking up water to cover 20 acres. man are little seen and where the works of Little Catawissa Creek. Ponds for holding , Summarization of moneys received through nature are about him on every side. fingerling trout will be constructed this the WPA in the two counties of Chester To the fisherman no other pleasure can summer. ?nd Bucks of district No. 4 for both stream compare with his as he fishes along the The club recently leased the Miller's Hol Provement and water impounding walls swiftly moving streams which bring music ta low tract to carry on its propagation work. j" 'l a federal outlay of approximately to his ears—suddenly there is a rush in the That Shenandoah anglers and hunters are ^6,000. This, not including the cost of water, a brown streak through the ripples, back of the idea strongly is indicated by a aterial furnished by the various sponsors, a violent tug on the line, a sharp click of ends its help in the creation of warm wa- the reel, which is followed by a struggle that fast increasing membership. At the meet 17K ^s^'nS places to the combined size of is ended with a dull thump, and his catch ing on March 1, members admitted totaled j ° acres and improvement of 27 miles of lies on the bank. Such is the most fascinat 223. In developing its propagation projects, esh water streams in the section. ing of the fisherman's life. the Association is using its own funds. f more complete report in the counties He, who, on a sunny Spring day, when ks Carbon am ' > Chester, Lehigh, North the blue haze hangs over the hills, cleanly GROVER C. LADNER GIVEN FLY ampton and Monroe totals the amazing fishes and cleanly catches his trout need 0, * grants of close to $521,000, exclusive envy no man his sport. FISHING OUTFIT the general cost of materials to which adi Per cent exPen(iiture can safely be an< In appreciation of his leadership in con $5?A ^ bring the entire amount to about GAME FISH DEFINED servation in Pennsylvania, Hon. Grover C. co fi 'Grouped in the same statement as Ladner, Deputy Attorney General, who »ned to the above six counties, the work The term "game fish" means the follow recently was appointed to the Orphans * Pleted embraced the employment of 724 Court Bench in Philadelphia by Governor n ing fish: Charr, commonly called brook tij ' averaging 6 months for each person; George H. Earle, was given a fine fly fishing e m trout and all species of trout and the sal tro ° P'etion of 57% miles of improved outfit by friends in the Department of Ag mon family; pike-perch, otherwise known as and bass streams; artificial lakes to riculture, the Game Commission and the th wall-eyed pike and Susquehanna salmon; tin extent of 199.9 acres, and the visualiza- Fish Commission. Included in the outfit was r pickerel, western and northern pike; by ° countless experiences to be enjoyed a double tapered HDH fly fishing line, pat Hit Usands of fishermen, as they, in the muskellunge, fallfish; smallmouth bass, ented fly box, single action fly reel, tapered our :-' pront by tne practical betterment of otherwise called black bass; largemouth leaders and dry flies. "ivaluable water resources. bass, otherwise known as Oswego, green, May he use this outfit to good advantage To further the possibilities of better an- or yellow bass; crapp'e, grass, strawberry, on trout waters this season, and best his elin g or calico bass; white bass, rock bass, other le conditions for our future, the WPA, last season's record of a 20%-inch rainbow wise known as red-eye or goggle-eye; yel s; Pennsylvania Board of Fish Commis- trout. We anticipate another season of keen ers a sp0 '. nd the district supervision are low perch, striped-bass or rockfish, all rivalry between Judge Ladner and his CreatS°r'ng a group oi divisional units to suckers, eels and chubs, and all other spe bosom fishing friend, J. Hansell French, te js Projects. Employment in this setup cies of fresh-water fish except bait-fish. Secretary of Agriculture. e nnned acn° to two property searchers for M a JJ_ . tne four counties in District No. 3, Ject it w-?1 head, and stenographer whose aim the V- - to ma^e a permanent record of all lit r?s^ water streams in their respective units i * "*" "' -—«•—- V^Pr rovo' 'ater to be used as a basis for stream fut ernent work when carried out at some e on ., date. While gathering information e tjes type of stream, its fishing possibili- an er'. d probable destructive bank or soil caref°n' the coordinating searchers make iif feful each notations on the number of pools to h "j m,'e of stream, natural material on ,n< "anan d int . i improvement, and secure, where tt n«edete ^d pr°Perty releases to carry out their ed De alill ^ neficial plans. Graphically filing th e m nQt ,. aterial gathered with appropriate und '°ns ^or eacn Piece °f water cover is 6 the sket ^ able head of Harold Huebner, i sleety art'st and project supervisor. All the the Worki when completed, will become pr s;n„ °Perty of the Board of Fish Comrnis- Sl0ners, Harrisburg. ROD AND REEL No he «^ ^e ^m& 0I year has come when and e °f gray Winter fades into bright f sunny Spring, and turbulent spring t Kamp Run, a popular Brook Trout stream in Westmoreland County. hets appear where once was snow and 14 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER CHESTER SPORTSMEN gram being advanced to better hunting in the NUMBERS OF state and explained various phases of the STAGE ANNUAL MEET Game Commission's work. Representing the LONERGAN BILL Fish Commission were Myron Shoemaker, Members of the Chester Rod and Gun enforcement officer, who spoke on the neces The present numbers of the Lonergafl Club and their guests observed the 21st an sity of educating the youth of ou.r state to Bill in the Seventy-Fifth Congress are S-13 niversary of the founding of the club at a the needs of conservation, and the editor, and S-15. In the active campaign for pol' dinner at the Coach and Four in Coates- lution control of which this Bill is a focal who spoke on trout and the prospects for c ville on March 8. One of the features of the the coming season. point, it has been suggested by Kenneth dinner was the awarding of a token of ap A. Reid, Board member, that this slogan l The Canton meeting each year is one of l preciation to one of the outstanding mem the outstanding sportsmen's events in north be coined: bers in the club, Norman M. Wood, former "Let's Make 13 a Lucky Number." J eastern Pennsylvania, and the meeting this v veteran lecturer with the Game Commis year was a splendid gauge by which the S-13, he points out, is the important on^ sion. sportsmanship of Bradford County sports A well rounded program featured the men could be measured. meeting. Harry M. Zook, president of the One of the features at the meeting was PLAN 5-YEAR PROGRAM club, introduced the guest toastmaster, The award of prizes for the largest fish taken in OF STREAM IMPROVEMENT odore R. Griffith, Jr., a member of the the club's contest last year. Chester County Bar Association. A fine ad The following announcement has beefl dress of interest to sportsmen was deliver sent to all sportsmen's associations in the tl ed by D. Edward Atwell, Principal of the state by Commissioner of Fisheries Charles f Coatesville High School. A. French: t! The following prizes were awarded to "There is at the present time, a tentative d winners of the 1936 fishing contest con five-year program being set up by the Fed' a ducted by the Chester Rod and Gun Club: eral E.C.W., through the Pennsylvania Q LARGE-MOUTH BASS Department of Forests and Waters, i» S which Stream Improvement, and Dams to ^ c First prize—Won by Earle C. Daily, 1 Parkesburg; 5% pounds, 20% inches in height of ten feet, can be built on botl 1 length, 14% inches in girth; caught in public and private lands with the excep' p Brandamore Dam with Black Hawk. tion of Federal lands. "In the case of private lands, the lands f. Second prize—Won by Winfield Hooven, e Coatesville; 5 pounds, 20 inches in length; on which the Stream Improvement or th i Dam is to be built, must be of the type o11 v caught in Brandywine Creek with plug. 1 Third prize—Won by William McCarty, which a lease can be acquired, and whid i the owner is willing to lease to the Cotf' d Parkesburg; 4 pounds, 7 ounces, 20 inches r in length, 13 inches in girth; caught in monwealth of Pennsylvania, at no cost, f° ti Parkesburg Dam with live bait. a period of at least thirty years, to the ei' r Fourth prize—Won by Winfield Hooven, feet that the public may enjoy the fishing n Coatesville; 3 pounds, 14 ounces, 18% privileges thereon. f( "This program is to apply to streanlf; inches in length; caught in Brandywine e Creek with artificial bait. that are being stocked by the Board at th n Fifth prize—Won by Stephen Cross, present time, or in the case of dams, $ r, Coatesville; 3 pounds, 12 ounces, 20 inches streams that are free from pollution. tl "If your association has any streams °J a in length, 12% inches in girth; caught in s Brandywine Creek with Dixie Wiggler. Dam sites, which they wish included in thi s. Sixth prize—Won by George Pratt, program, it will be absolutely necessa^ S( that you give this matter your prompt o'' ]J Wagontown; 2 pounds, 10 ounces, 11% 1 inches in girth; caught in Wagontown Dam tention and forward your list to Mr. ThowA tt with artificial bait. A Grand Brown Trout Stream, Slate Run in F. O'Hara, Superintendent of Construction Lycoming County. State Fish Hatchery, Bellefonte, Pa. Tl»is . SMALL-MOUTH BASS list must reach there not later than Mar^ First prize—Won by Winfield Hooven, COLLEGE OPENS FOR 29, 1937, and contain the following info*' Coatesville; 3 pounds; caught in Octorara mation: Creek with helgramite. FISHERMEN "In the case of Stream Improvement, give The foregoing awards were made by name of stream, tributary to what streak' members of the fish contest committee of A "college" to equip fishermen with some average width, number of miles to be Ml the Chester Co. Rod and Gun Club, Inc. thing more than luck has been established proved, location as to county, township' at Bradentown, Florida, by Dr. C. H. Brian, Edgar Pennegar, Chairman retired Chicago physician. whether in public or private land, if public ^ Harvey King name State Forest District. The physician is one of the school of an "In case of Dams, give name of streai* Walter Minker glers who believes there's just as much art Horace Pyle tributary to what stream, height of breaS in handling a rod and reel and landing a 1 Harry Busch (which cannot exceed ten feet), appro* ' big one as there is in painting a "Mona mate length of breast, estimated numb6 Lisa." So he organized a course of instruc of acres it will flood, location as to count)'1 tion because he was "pained at the inepti township, and whether on private or publ' CANTON SPORTSMEN tude of dubs." c Dr. Bryan and fellow-fishermen form the land. If public, name State Forest Distri *j "' HOLD ANNUAL DINNER faculty of the "college" and show the new "This is only a tentative program, d$ °f comers just how it's done, not as a profit- has to be submitted to the Federal autho'j "> Drifted roads and wintry weather did lit making proposition, they explain, but just ities. While we have no assurance that aj °n tle to cool the ardor of over 500 members J w as a matter of personal satisfaction.—Selma projects will be built, we believe that it ' ' of the Canton Rod and Gun Club in Brad v Times-Journal. a step in the right direction, and a progra'* 's ford County, on the night of March 16. that is worthwhile. We feel confident if 1 w' After a dinner, served in three of the goes through, at least a part of your su£' churches in Canton, the Bradford County There are upwards to 13,000,000 hunting gestions for Stream Improvement and Da"1 l)„ outdoorsmen met in the auditorium of the and fishing licenses issued over the U. S. Construction will be accepted. ha Canton High School where a program of annually—the bigger percentage being fish "Owing to the limited time we have J" at addresses and movies, shown by Norman ing licenses. Supplying equipment for this which to prepare this program, we are as*' Oi M. Wood, featured the get-together. number of sportsmen constitutes one of the ing your immediate cooperation. Any de' he Hon. Samuel Castner, Game Commission largest industries when considered collec tails arising will be taken up at a futuf str member, gave a splendid talk on the pro tively. date." PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 15 PLAYFUL NATIVES from in under again. From his lookout Ray and drying the fly to let the trout in the said he could clearly see that it was the pool quiet down. (Continued from page S) same trout that came up after his flight into After the fifth trout, Herb could stand it Then Ray echoed in a low voice "Oh, no longer. Out he came with his rod and n the air. These actions clearly indicated play, °-oo I think he struck too late!" for they were the same as we had seen be fly and I stood aside to have my laugh. To which Herb returned — "One more fore I started casting. I am sure that in time Herb would have str solved my trick if fate had allowed but 'ke and you're out!" Place yourself in my position and how luck was against him and I live to crow All that was left for me to do was to put would you feel? Something had to be done, over him. °^ as lordly an air as possible and give that's all there was to it. I had had from them the best that I could think of at the fifteen to twenty rises and not one fish had None of us knows what happened in the 'me, which was, "Well, wise guys, at least I touched. By now I had settled down to pool or what signal was given, but as we have made one trout rise to my fly—so the real business of thinking. Ray and Herb stood watching Herb missing strikes just as w here do you get off?" had kidded themselves out of all further I had done, there was a sudden flash past, around and between our legs as every trout But Ray took all the sting out of that by suggestions. I had been advised to use in the pool went by us and out into the reniarking sagely that the only reason it everything from hypnotism to dynamite. main stream as though in fear for their lives. ^0se Was to call my fly a fake. What are Now we were all ready to accept this situa They went so fast that they were mere y°u going to do in a case like that? That's tion as a challenge and a chance for a real streaks. We hunted all around the pool and JUst what I decided to do—to show them. experiment. in it but could find nothing that would scare If I remember correctly, I had changed ft s easy en0Ugh to decide and another the trout. Maybe we did something but I th lng to do it. One thing was certain—the flies about three times when, from some- don't suppose we will ever really know. fish Would rise to my flies, no difference how th e That ended our fishing in that pool. We . y landed or floated so long as I did not had been there only about an hour but what ° any disturbing thing. As soon as I made an hour it had been and what a lesson it of alse move, such as dragging the fly out was. a the p i too fast, then that 0o too soon or My hour with those playful natives taught _ Was deaM\rfldU JsVo faJC*r1 aHOs th1.1.*e...... fish. wer.. *.- e— con- nii me many things. One is that natives will ,p/ ed. Not another rise could I get on it. rise under conditions which browns will To De more definite, let me illustrate the not; another is that the fly is not so im Point. portant to them and they will rise many e f aHy every time that I cast with the times if you change flies often enough. And j 'wing, I g0t a rise of one kind or another. best of all—that playful natives may be play USt ave a,Dou a win! ^ had t half dozen rises ing with a purpose and it is possible to catch j "Out once feeling the fish when I struck. them if you will take them seriously at their <\\°° k an awful lot of kidding from the au- play. enCe. And I wasn't so sure that the na- tives This particular time I decided that the r Weren't kidding me, too. I have often trout were really trying to drown my fly a |]e about fish playing with a fly but I had before taking it in. But every time they Ver r f0r un into it with such a vengeance be- hit the fly under the water I had jerked it away before they had considered it ready mi ?t about then I got impatient and after for their meal. As for my trick, all that I Sln re]l S my strike, did not wait for the cur- did was to leave my fly alone, let them hit tjj to carry the fly out of the main part of it three or four times if they wanted to P o1 agai ° - Instead, I dragged it in and cast and then, when I felt them take it and ac n sar ' Up until now it had not been neces- tually pull on my line, all I had to do was y to Se wait between casts, the trout didn't to bring them in to the net. l;n to care much what you did in that I found that I couldn't hook the trout, tra,\ Nothing seemed to go according to so I let him hook himself. ^'t'on in this pooL ra f,r Sging that fly out of the pool was my w . false move of the kind and try as I FOR MEN ONLY ,. d> the trout would not look at the fly again. Ray stood watching them and re- pQ - -^ay stood waicning tnern anu ic- I saw her swimming in the brook, WiaWha*t utter indifference on their part. Now A moment swift and fleeting; 0* should I do? Were they through for v e da And from the shock of that brief look al, y? Was I skunked and''to be kidded if- Seas My heart almost stopped beating. tr0 °n for being unable to land native Fishing the Little Lehigh, popular Lehigh County YVu 'hat rose with abandon to my flies? I worked my way around the trees s Trout stream, on opening day last season. an ° aid it was easy to catch natives? Well, To where the view was clearer, aii the fi&y' '* was easier to get them to rise to where in my memory flashed a thought , And then on trembling hands and knees w .y and, contrary to the browns which about trout sometimes drowning flies be I edged a little nearer. & the • W not "se a^ter you miss them, fore eating them. Once in a while they would ef saf natlve would rise many times. We were I never saw such perfect lines do this, giving the onlooker the idea that $< ln drawing that conclusion at least. As she was there displaying IP they were full and merely hitting the flies Beneath the shade of spreading pines, A Tj, what to do now was the question, for the fun of it. re Was In languid splendor playing. of only one thing that I could think Up to now I had been hitting back at the f did my pet {an wing was trout when he struck. Now I would try a Her twists and turns were full of grace, thro t.n * '*•' ^ one°^ ' then I must change flies and get new stunt and see what would happen. It Her body smoothly molded; is Mn was Just as mucn unlike the fan couldn't be any worse than what had al I know that joy showed on my face visibiaS *• could- * selected a small grey bi- ready happened. I tried it and caught my As each new charm unfolded. C t ed on and set it Wh - ' ' '* to work to see first one of that bunch of playful natives. And when she floated with the stream at Would happen. Then I caught another and another, until The sight was most entrancing; I had five of them. I instantl1 y the natives began rising again Her wondrous body seemed to gleam still "I could not touch one of them. I Each one that I hooked I quickly "horsed" had From sunbeam softly glancing. at , he pleasure time and again of seeing out of the pool into the main stream where Q east two hit the fly at the same time. I could play him and give Ray plenty of I yearned for her with heart and soul, e m he ° awhile one would rise so hard that chance to take pictures. In that way the And then I fell to wishing— Would jump clear of the water, turn and rest of the trout were not disturbed and For I had neither hook nor pole, strik e on the way down, miss and come up enough time passed while landing the fish And trout are caught by fishing! 16 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER A HERE ND THERE 'H AHGLERDOM Here's a suggestion from John Channell, The following incident has been reported Philadelphia angler, concerning a form of by Warden Harry Z. Cole of Norristown: the fishing sport that is rapidly increasing "This incident was related to me by one in popularity: whose statements I do not question. While "Why don't you chase some Pennsylvania fishing on the Unami Creek last summer, anglers a mile or two below the Conowingo several fishermen heard a disturbance in s Dam on the Lower Susquehanna River this nearby tree and presently a red squirrel spring for fly rod fishing for shad. It is dropped to the ground. On looking up into tidal water down there and no license is the tree, they saw a blacksnake enter a hole needed. They have boats on the Maryland in the tree. In about an hour, the snake side at least (south). I caught 6 or 8 sev came down the tree and was killed. It had eral times during the short season they run five nearly full grown red squirrels in its up and they are great." stomach. It was six feet long." Writes C. H. Love, secretary of the Paddy While surveying Stony Creek, Warden Mountain Fish and Game Association: "The Cole and Cal Berlin, stream inspector, 6b- following sportsman of Center County I served a 27-inch watersnake in the act oi call the champion snake killer of his sec swallowing a 7-inch sucker. The sucker was tion, Roy A. Rote of Spring Mills, R. D. 2. still alive. During 1935 he killed 435 watersnakes. This year to date he has killed 84 water- A 22-inch brown trout taken on Yello* snakes, one of which had a 10-inch brown Creek in Bedford County one day last sea trout in it. The above statement can be ver son by James W. Melius of Woodvale was ified by other sportsmen in his locality. I found, when opened, to contain a suckef might also mention that the different 9 inches in length, writes Special Warden sportsmen's organizations in Coburn and Harry Moore of Hopewell. vicinity are planning on paying a bounty on each watersnake killed. This has caused quite an active campaign on watersnakes Letort Spring in Cumberland Count? ranks as one of the most popular trou' by boys in that vicinity." streams in the central part of the state' Last year, Warden George James of Cal" Some excellent catches of trout were re lisle reported the landing of a 20-inch broW ported early last season from the Sinne- Dr. Arthur Detweiler, Boyertown, with trout in this stream. It was caught by $1 mahoning Creek in Cameron County by J. two Brown Trout, 22 and 16 inches, Bushman of Mechanicsburg. H. Bergman. Charles Howard of Emporium taken last year in West Branch of caught 14 brown trout from 8 to 13 inches Perltiomen Creek. The Laurel Hill trout nursery in WeSJ in length; Dale Caskey, Emporium, 15 moreland County has been doing a splendid brownies, 10 to 12 inches, and Harvey Chal- fore it was landed. Tom was using a ginger job in recent years to better trout fishii^ lingsworth, Penn Field, R.D., 13 brown quill wet fly and a 3% ounce rod. The in that section of the state through hea*? trout, 8 to 12 inches. Two St. Marys ang weight of the rod explains the long flight." stocking. Warden Sam Henderson of GreenS' lers, Edward G. Heinz and E. M. Heinz burg reported that on May 10 last yeaf< caught 11 and 14 brown trout respectively. the nursery stocked 10,000 brook troU*' Nine Mile Run in Potter County pro ranging in length from 5 to 10 inches | One of the proudest boys in Bellefonte duced a fine brown trout one day last sea Linn's Run and Mill Run. The streams wef* son for the creel of F. W. Eckert of St. closed, as is customary when waters a** last trout season on opening day was Alon- v zo Estep, 10, son of Mrs. Bertha Estep, Marys, according to Warden Wright Rum- stocked during the open season, for fi * days. When opened on May 16, Henderso^ Bellefonte, writes Paul M. Dubbs of the sey of Coudersport. Measuring 19 inches c Centre Democrat. He caught a brown trout in length, it was taken on opening day. said that a conservative estimate of th in Spring Creek, just inside the northern Other trout streams in northeastern fishermen on Linn's Run alone would ha^ boundary of Bellefonte borough that meas Pennsylvania that furnished good trout fish been 1000. Some fine catches were reported ured 18% inches in length and weighed 2 ing last year were Stony Brook and Sum pounds 7 ounces. Bait used was a worm, mers Brook, tributaries to Mehoopany "What yo' got in yo' mouf?" asked c4 politely called a "garden hackle." Creek in Wyoming County. Earl Hammond colored boy of another as they started °' and Clint Shaffer of Sayre caught 12 and with their fishing poles. 15 trout respectively on these streams. Bowman's Creek, in Luzerne County, pro "Fishin' worms," he replied. , vided sitae fine trout fishing last season. "Puttin' worms in yo mouf! Don't y" Warden Myron Shoemaker of Laceyville During the past two years, Fishing Creek know better'n dat? Why don't yo' put '^ had the following report to make concern in yo' pocket?" , in Columbia County has been producing 1 ing a fine cateh of brown and rain-bow trout some splendid catches of suckers, according "Put 'em wid mah lunch in mah pocket by Tom Foster of Wilkes-Barre. Four nice to A. A. Allegar, special warden at Ber Ah should say not!" rainbow trout and the one brown comprised wick. Typical of these catches was that of his catch. The brownie was a 22%-inch fish Bruce Harrison and his son Kenneth of Ber The bearings of a bait casting reel shoU' weighing 4% pounds. "This trout," writes wick. Thirty-one suckers, ranging in length be oiled every few hours while casting i Myron, "gave him a real battle and took from 12 to 16 inches comprised their insure against wear and prolong the life ° him down the stream a good 600 yards be- catch, made one day near Stillwater. the reel. Henry Howell of Lancaster fishing fly on the Tunkhannock Creek, Monroe County. Sec. 562, P. L . & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAUL L. S'/JANSON, PAID R. D. NO.2. Harrisburg, Pa. POLK. PA. Permit No. 270 P-A The Sportsman-Angler Never Fishes In Trout "Nursery Streams/1 He Finds His Sport With Worthwhile Fish In Bigger Waters.